by Robin Adair | Aug 20, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
When you think of the legendary WWII 80th Fighter Group—the famous “Burma Banshees”—you usually picture P-40 Warhawks slicing through the muggy, dangerous skies over India and Burma. But every legendary unit has a origin story, and for the Banshees, it started with a...
by Robin Adair | Aug 13, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
October 1944: Lieutenant Ellis Fisher and the Bridges of Northern Burma While the 89th Fighter Squadron was grinding through October at Myitkyina, the 90th Fighter Squadron was conducting its own relentless war from Tingkawk Sakan. For the 90th, October 1944 would...
by Burma Banshees | Aug 6, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
One of the greatest rewards of researching the Burma Banshees has been discovering what these remarkable men accomplished after World War II. Many returned home to become business leaders, engineers, teachers, and community leaders. Every now and then, however, I...
by Burma Banshees | Aug 2, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
Long before the 89th Fighter Squadron ever saw the Assam Valley, the men who would become the Burma Banshees were learning their trade on home soil — at Mitchell Field, New York. The footage below captures a piece of that training: pilots working on wing shooting,...
by Burma Banshees | Aug 1, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
The bridges could wait one day. For weeks the 89th Fighter Squadron had been going after the spans across Burma — the rail lines, the river crossings, the choke points that kept the Japanese army fed and moving. But war in the China-Burma-India theater wasn’t...
by Burma Banshees | Jul 29, 2026 | Burma Banshee FaceBook Page
October 26, 1943. Operations Order Number 40. Fifty-two pilots. Ten missions. Takeoffs beginning at 0910 and running through 1435 in the afternoon. The day started with Captain S. Combs (89th) leading Mission F-230 off the strip at 0910 — eight aircraft in the Bomb...
